English Heritage
Edith Cavell, 1865 - 1915, pioneer of modern nursing in Belgium and heroine of the Great War, trained and worked here, 1896 - 1901.
E1, Whitechapel Road, Royal London Hospital
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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
Edith Cavell was born on 4 December 1865 in Swardeston in Norfolk. At the age...
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Edith Cavell at Royal London Hospital
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The Royal Brass Foundry, 1717, attributed to Sir John Vanbrugh. Following an explosion at Bagley's Foundry at Moorfields in 1716 which k...
